8-Letter Words Containing YR

There are 90 8-letter words that contain YR. 21 are common words, such as EMPYREAN and GYRATING. A rarer one is WALKYRIE. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (53 words). 11 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 90

Common words

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Words
90 (21 common words)
Common example
empyrean
Rare example
walkyrie
Doubled letters
11
Ending in S
28
Most frequent letter
I (53)

Questions

How many 8-letter words containing yr are there?

90. 21 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EMPYREAN is among the common words in this set.